Fuel Cell & Energy Technology Division of NIMTE established the first pilot production line of planar SOFC single cells with annual capacity of 20,000 pcs in China. The single cells with effective area of 10×10cm² / 15×15cm² were sold to Denmark, Switzerland, UK, US, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan China. The single cells with effective areas of 10×10cm2 have maximum power output of 90W per cell at 850ºC and 50W at 750ºC. Power and power density is one of the most important parameters for fuel cells, and strength properties of a cell holds the same importance under real operational conditions. In the process of stack building and operation,  high flexural strength is essential to avoid performance degradation or even failure caused by emerging cracks of single cells under pressure. NIMTE made a special kind of SOFC anode support (NiO+YSZ) by doping 0.25wt%Al2O3, which shows the highest flexural strength reported until now. The average flexural strength of the anode supports (NiO+YSZ) before reduction is 430MPa, which is much higher than the anode supports of 201MPa without doping. There is 114% improvement in comparison between doped anode supports and those without doping. The flexural strength of the doped anode supports after reduction is 299MPa, which is also higher in contrast with that of un-doped anode supports of 237MPa. moreover, the single cells prepared by doped anode supports (NiO+YSZ) have shown the same electrical properties as these of single cells without doping. The result  has been  published in the journal of Fuel Cells (DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200800152) with the title of “Alumina Doped Ni/YSZ Anode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”.